though i suspect he's meant to be eating noodles, looks to me like he's fiercely defending a drink with a straw. (which one should clearly only do at home...)
Hm, the artist has run out of ideas and is now starting to get lazy, I think. Maybe it's time to retire this campaign before it gets too stale. Honestly, I'd prefer to see more Miyazaki Aoi posters.
As for this ad, I don't think it's a dig at non-Japanese people, but the image is about as far from a realistic cup-noodle-eating scenario as it gets. Obviously the "cup noodles with a fork" scenario is totally unrealistic to begin with (except in the US and other non-chopstick countries, including Thailand). But even if we accept the possibility for a minute, if you eat cup noodles with a fork you have to twirl the noodles around the fork and then shovel them in your mouth as you would with spaghetti. For the depicted scenario to play out, the eater would have to be eating the noodles *one at a time*.
And what is that between his legs? A full tube of chocolate chip cookie dough? Did he just blow all his money to binge on stuff from the import store?
The final draft of this Manner (sic) poster was very different and fork-less See: http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-01/please-do-it-at-home-and-dont-jizzum-on-the-tokyo-metro/
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though i suspect he's meant to be eating noodles, looks to me like he's fiercely defending a drink with a straw. (which one should clearly only do at home...)
this is utensilism, or is it forkism? anyway you look at it this is wrong! :D
Hm, the artist has run out of ideas and is now starting to get lazy, I think. Maybe it's time to retire this campaign before it gets too stale. Honestly, I'd prefer to see more Miyazaki Aoi posters.
As for this ad, I don't think it's a dig at non-Japanese people, but the image is about as far from a realistic cup-noodle-eating scenario as it gets. Obviously the "cup noodles with a fork" scenario is totally unrealistic to begin with (except in the US and other non-chopstick countries, including Thailand). But even if we accept the possibility for a minute, if you eat cup noodles with a fork you have to twirl the noodles around the fork and then shovel them in your mouth as you would with spaghetti. For the depicted scenario to play out, the eater would have to be eating the noodles *one at a time*.
And what is that between his legs? A full tube of chocolate chip cookie dough? Did he just blow all his money to binge on stuff from the import store?
The final draft of this Manner (sic) poster was very different and fork-less
See:
http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-01/please-do-it-at-home-and-dont-jizzum-on-the-tokyo-metro/
http://j.mp/CftUx
Yes, I thought it was a straw-drink at first, too.
Down with Utensilism!
Eating cup noodles like this would not only be unlikely, it would be dangerous - fork or chopsticks!
Yeah, this one isn't clever or helpful. It is time to retire this series.
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